Normal" isn't an adjective you wish to hear after putting that much effort into making sure it was spectacular.

When you have the paparazzi hiding in the bushes outside your home, the only thing you can control is how you respond publicly.

There's a fine line between being private and being ashamed.

Just look at all the awards shows now. It has turned into a catwalk. You have to be wearing a certain designer, a certain dress, and everyone's critiquing.

Average. It was the worst, most disgusting word in the English language. Nothing meaningful or worthwhile ever came from that word.

And I somehow always felt less lonely when I was completely alone.

Most important, in order to find real happiness, you must learn to love yourself for the totality of who you are and not just what you look like.

My sexuality is a part of me that I really like. But it's not the totality of me.

True nobility isn't about being better than anyone else; it's about being better than you used to be.

Restriction generates yearning. You want what you cannot have.

I married him for a green card. We had a really great, caring relationship; it just obviously wasn't right for me.

Only fate would decree how it reached its destiny, which always waited just around the corner, over the hill...

Grace and chocolate cake can cover a world of awkwardness.

The hardest arithmetic to master is that which enables us to count our blessings.

We will respond with a heavy hand to the brutal murder of Jews who came to pray and were killed by lowly murderers.

I suffer from a genetic flaw, which is that my mother was a hopeless Pollyanna.

The moon had the old moon in her arms.

What is there in thee, Moon! That thou should'st move My heart so potently?

If your inner life is not producing what you would like on the outside, don't be discouraged... just be willing to change.

I know from experience that I make the best decisions when I'm into the story and inspired by the story, not when I'm sitting there trying to plot.

Navigate by the same star, unwilling to change, and you find yourself not only off-course but lost.